Floor Thoughts (On a Train)

Kindness of Strangers

shoes bloody shoes piss smelling in the wandering crotches baby girl just 13 months and 3 weeks old pooed her pants stumbles onto my Salomons climbs them like mountains chubby little fruity little fingers covered in muck clap my hands well done sweetie you’re doing so well waft of shit neck bent buddhist youtube video can’t connect to the internet he is telling me to ask what the weather is like inside my mind and I close my eyes to ask the question turns out i’m tired i’m sleepy i could use a good rest maybe a spliff don’t smoke weed but fancy a spliff sitting here under the luggage rack could have just stood up like everyone else but decided i must be sat i must be lying contort my body to hide under the luggage the luggage and me thoughts wander off to this and that and i receive a video showing arthur’s seat is ablaze immediately go to reddit to find out more reddit always knows more than the independent news page someone says they were up there with a group of friends when it started and that it was a cigarette im annoyed had hoped to run up there tomorrow morning hope everyones safe OBVIOUSLY hope everyone’s safe might close my eyes now might take myself for a nap get on the sleep playlist with the one headphone I have left could be pissed off but actually quite touched by how nice and funny everyone on my train is lots of chats and laughter have occured and the sense of comradery suggests to me once again yes once again that there’s nothing like the kindess of strangers to embolden my compassion and fondness for people i do like them ever so much and don’t feel too hard done by here on the floor as the dad of the litle girl reloads pokemon go and the mum smiles apologetically down at me as her daughter crawls over me and I smile and say no really it’s quite lovely

and it is quite